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Again, FG pledges to implement protesters’ demands The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the withdrawal of all police officers attached to all very important personalities (VIPs) a in the country with immediate effect. This is coming as the federal government has pledged to fully implement the demands of the EndSARS protesters for the overall good of policing in Nigeria. The IG has ordered the withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs, with the exception of those attached to government houses, the Senate President and the Speaker House of Representatives. A police wireless message sighted by THISDAY, which was…

Want Buhari to bring perpetrators to book Immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and Chairman of the Senate committee on Women Affairs, Senator Betty Appiafi, have condemned in strong terms the Tuesday evening’s killing by soldiers of some EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. The two ranking Senators in separate reaction to the killings called on President Muhammadu Buhari to thoroughly investigate the killings with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book. Ekweremadu, in a statement by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, said any restrictions on the rights of Nigerians, including the right to…

Super Eagle’s striker, Odion Ighalo, has decried the killings of unarmed peaceful protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday night, describing the government as a global shame. The Manchester United striker took to his Twitter to vent his displeasure and shock over government’s decision to kill her own citizens with military personnel trained for war. He bemoaned: “I’m sad and heartbroken. Nigerian government is a shame to the world for killing your own citizens and sending military to the streets to kill unarmed protesters because they were protesting for their rights. It is uncalled for.” Ighalo noted that this present…

Contrary to trending videos showing fatalities during the shooting of peaceful protesters by soldiers at Lekki Tollgate Tuesday night, Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that nobody died in the shootout. In a state broadcast Wednesday morning, the governor, however, ordered that flags in public buildings in Lagos shouldbe flown at half-mast in solidarity with the victims of the #EndSARS protests. He admitted that several youths were wounded at the Lekki tollgate by soldiers, but added that only two had injuries that required surgery. He said three victims had already been discharged from the hospitals where they…

Orders investigation into Lekki Tollgate shooting Curfew now 72 hours Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lamented that the #EndSARS protests in Lagos had been hijacked by criminal elements. The governor has also extended the curfew time in the state from 24 hours to 72 hours, even as he ordered flags in public buildings in Lagos should fly at half-mast in solidarity with the victims of the #Endsars protests. The Governor in a statewide broadcast to the people said that he addressed the youth who were spearheading the protest “not just as your elected Governor. I do so…

Former Real Madrid and Manchester City star Robinho is set to be jailed in his native Brazil, the Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights in the nation has said, reports football-espana.net. The Brazilian international was convicted of rape in 2017, with a nine-year jail sentence handed down by the courts, but his appeal process with the Italian courts has been ongoing in the years since. Robinho has continually said he is not guilty and vows to fight the accusations, which allege he was part of gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub in January 2013.…

Arsenal’s out-of-favour midfielder Mesut Ozil was left out of their 25-man Premier League squad for the 2020-21 season released on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood that he has played his last game for the north London club. Ozil, 32, who is under contract with Arsenal until June 2021 and earns a reported 350,000 pounds ($452,830) per week, has not played for Mikel Arteta’s side this season. The German playmaker, who last played for Arsenal in March, was also axed from their Europa League squad earlier this month. Arteta had said last month that his team are “evolving” and that Ozil would…

A coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger-Delta region has declared support for the raging EndSARS protests across the country, saying they were ready to resume hostilities, attack oil and gas facilities if federal government did not meet the demands of protesting Nigerian youths. The militant groups under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) which held an emergency meeting in Delta state, also announced their preparedness to disavow the ceasefire accord with the federal government and engage military forces. They said in a communique by RNDA leader, self-styled “Major -General” Johnmark Ezonebi, aka Obama: “We…

•Nigerians mourn •Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, Imo, Plateau impose curfew Many protesters were feared dead last night as soldiers deployed by the federal government stormed Lekki Tollgate in Lagos, where thousands of demonstrators had held their ground for 13 days in protest of police brutality. A deep sense of outrage greeted the deployment of the soldiers who came as a sequel to the imposition of a 24-hour curfew by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who said he was shocked at the turn of events as the peaceful protests became infiltrated by hoodlums that torched a divisional police headquarter and…

Says it’s ‘dark notes in our history’ Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has blamed the killings of young #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on what he called “forces beyond our direct control.” Soldiers deployed to the Tollgate following imposition of 24-hour curfew in the state had Tuesday night fired shots at the peaceful young protesters who had been protesting against police beutality at the Lekki Tollgate, killing unconfirmed number of them and injuring several others. In a series of tweets on Wednesday morning, Sanwo-Olu described the tragic incident as “dark notes in our history,” and said he would make a state…